Magnetic storm acceleration of radiation belt electrons observed by the Scintillating Fibre Detector (SFD) onboard EQUATOR-S
(1999) Annales Geophysicae : atmospheres, hydrospheres and space sciences — Vol. 17, n° 12, p. 1622-1625 (1999)
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Pierrard, Viviane 
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- On the basis of the currents induced by electron fluxes in the Scintillating Fibre Detector (SFD) onboard the EQUATOR-S satellite launched on 2 December 1997, an in-situ acceleration of radiation belt electrons is found to possibly contribute to the increase of the flux of electrons with energies greater than 400 keV. The data acquired between 16 December 1997 and 30 April 1998 on the 500-67300 km. 4 degrees inclination EQUATOR-S orbit show that the increase of the energetic electron flux corresponds to the enhanced geomagnetic activity measured through the Dst index.
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Cyamukungu, M., Lippens, C., Adams, L., Nickson, R., Boeder, C., Pierrard, V., Daly, E., Grégoire, G., & Lemaire, J. (1999). Magnetic storm acceleration of radiation belt electrons observed by the Scintillating Fibre Detector (SFD) onboard EQUATOR-S. Annales Geophysicae : atmospheres, hydrospheres and space sciences, 17(12), 1622-1625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-999-1622-z (Original work published 1999)